🛡️ CVE-2018-25080 — mobiledetectlib

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-79 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Cross-site Scripting in MobileDetect

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MobileDetect 2.8.31. This issue affects the function initLayoutType of the file examples/session_example.php of the component Example. The manipulation of the argument $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.8.32 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 31818a441b095bdc4838602dbb17b8377d1e5cce. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-220061 was assigned to this vulnerability.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2018-25080 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2018-25080 is recorded against 1 package.

  • mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib (fixed in 2.8.32)

Timeline and source

Published on 4 February 2023 and last revised on 16 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
vuldb.com (Web)
vuldb.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-02-04
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-04-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib — 2.8.32

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